Bag-fastener.



F. A. FULLER.

BAG FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED NOV- 23 19 12.

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' fastener.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ A. FULLER, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, Q'ASSIGNOR To THE J. E. MERGOTTY COMPANY, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A conronarion or NEW JEBSEX;

BAG-FASTENER.

Patente dlJuly.18,1916.

Application filed November 23, 1912. Serial No. 733,058,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in thecounty of Essex, and State of New. Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompany,- ing drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon,- forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to ments in bag fasteners, for use on bags, pocket-books or similar devices, and relates more particularly to that type of construction in which there is employed a small casing or container pivotally or otherwise mounted upon one frame member and adapted to engage with a projection on the other frame member, to hold the same together. My improved locking device is hingedly attached to one end of said casing or container, and positively prevents the separation of said casing, which is mounted upon one frame member, from a projection formed on the other frame member, except upon the movement of the lockingdevice to inoperative position.

In' carrying out my invention, I make use of the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a bag frame having applied thereto my improved bag fastener.

transverse section taken on line w-a: of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 represent side elevationsof a modified form of bag fastener, the locking 7 device in Fig. 5 being shown moved to inoperative position; and Fig. 6 represents a certain improve-1 Fig. 2 represents an I enlarged side elevation of my improved bag Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary desired form or configuration, is in one case rigidly secured by means of the rlvets c to one-of the bag frame members, as d. The

front-wall of the chambered casing a is designed to engage with a projection 0 upon the bag frame member f, so that when-the bag frame members are closed, such project on. w1ll be IBCGIVGCI' 1nt0 the chambered casing. a. and firmly secure the bag frame members in locking. position.

If desired, the casing a. may be provided with a suitable finger piece .or knob 9, secured thereto, in any convenient manner, and if pressure is now broughtto-bear upon the finger piece 9 of the. casing a, said casing will be pressed out of locking engagement with the projection e, causing the projection c to clear the front wall of. said casing.

It is of'course understood that the knob or finger piece 9 can be dispensed with, and the pressure. applied directly to the fastener 46, in which-case it would not be; necessary to provide an aperture in the locking member Z), the device then presenting an'appearance substantially like that shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings. 7

consists .of. an open-ended; casing provided with two downwardly extending sides h and z'designed to embrace and holdthe frame members cl and f together. Extending rearwardly from the sides It and i of the catch or looking member bare extensions )1, bymeansthereof, and designed to be embraced by the v extensions j of the locking member .7). The catch or looking member 6 serves to additionally hold the frame members together.,

One of the downwardly extending sides, as i, is adapted to snap over a pressed-out portion n which is preferably merely a projection from the metallic bag frame member 7, as clearly shown in Fig. 3"of the drawings. This prevents an accidental removal of'the catch or looking member 6.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 60f the drawings, I have shown what is known as a lift casing or fastener 0, also formed from a single piece of metal provided with a downwardly projecting spring-holding member or portion 9, de-

. 80 The catch or locking member 6 preferably 1 movement of said catch member.

signed to be located in a centrally arranged suitable opening in one of the frame members, the spring-holding member or portion p being formed by curling the'metal thereof to form a hearing or channel for the reception of one end of a spring. In order to hold said fastener in its normal initial position, I provide a suitable torsion spring 9, one end of which is passed through the spring holding member 79 and rests against the under side of the frame section and the other end of which is secured to said frame section in any convenient/manner. WVhen the spring 1 has in this manner been arranged in position, and secured to the spring holding member 79 of the fastener 0, it, togetherwith the spring holding member 29 and the catch 0 will limit the oscillatory In this manner, the movable fastener 0 will be retained in proper working or holding position. When the fastener is raised, the front Wall thereof will become disengaged from the projection 6 formed on the bag frame member 7, thereby placing the spring 9 Lin der sufficient tension that when the operator releases his orher hand from the fastener, the spring will again cause the said fastener to return to its normal position. Inasmuch as the fastener 0 is also provided with an integral bearing m, which carries the catch or looking member 6 in the same manner as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the said looking member Z) after the same has been moved into an inoperative position as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, may also serve as a means for lifting said locking member 0 out of locking engagement with the projection 6 formed on the frame member 7", as Well as for additionally holding the frame members together.

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described is a practical and efiicient one for accomplishing the ends sought bythis invention. The construction may, however, be varied in detail by those 'able in the plane of said frame members into locking engagement with the outer sides of said frame members and operated independently from said fastener.

2. Ihe combination with a pair of hinged frame members, of a chambered casing on one of said frame members, and a holding projection on the other of said frame 1nembers, said chambered casing being provided with an integral bearing formed at one end thereof, a locking member hingedly connected to the bearing of said chambered casing adapted to inclose said casing and movable in the plane of said frame members into locking engagement with the outer side of said frame members.

This specification signed and witnessed this21st day of November, 1912.

FRANZ A. FULLER.

Witnesses:

W. H. CONKLIN, FnnnK-C. FISCHER.

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